📰 Reddit Clients

📌 Written by Dan 📅 Content last updated: 8th August 2026 🛠️ Structure revised: 3rd October 2026 💬 danxyz7 on Discord

📜 Table of Contents

• ⚡ Quick Recommendations
• 📆 Reddit API Changes
• 🩹 Android Patching
• 🤖 Android Clients
  • 🥓 BaconReader
  • 🚀 Boost for Reddit
  • ♾️ Infinity for Reddit+ / Continuum
  • 🐨 Joey for Reddit
  • 📰 Official Reddit Client
  • 📕 RedReader
  • 🔄 Relay for Reddit
  • 🌈 Reddit is Fun (RiF)
  • 👻 Stealth
  • 🔁 Sync for Reddit
  • 🛝 Slide for Reddit
• 📱 iOS Clients
  • 🐿️ Acorn for Reddit
  • ☄️ Apollo for Reddit
  • ☕ Winston

👋 Before You Choose

There is no universally "best" Reddit client.

The right choice depends heavily on what you value:

• Interface: Classic lists, modern cards, compact layouts, or gesture-heavy navigation.
• Customization: Themes, fonts, layouts, filters, and gestures.
• Performance: Battery use, memory usage, and loading speed.
• Features: Media handling, moderation tools, offline browsing, account switching, and filtering.
• Installation: Some apps work normally, while discontinued clients may require patching or sideloading.

This guide focuses on the main strengths, weaknesses, development status, and installation requirements of popular Android and iOS Reddit clients.

Clicking a client name takes you to its download page or source repository. Screenshot links are included separately.

⚡ Quick Recommendations

Simplest Android option: RedReader works without patching and remains free and open source.

For legacy Android clients: Boost, RiF, Sync, BaconReader, Joey, and Slide generally require patching to remain usable.

📆 Reddit API Changes

What Happened?

• April 2023: Reddit announced major API pricing changes.
• June 2023: Apollo, Sync, RiF, and other major third-party clients announced shutdowns.
• July 2023: Large-scale subreddit blackout protests took place.
• August 2023 onward: ReVanced-based patches and sideloading methods became increasingly common.
• Late 2025 – 2026: Morphe and RedReader client-spoofing via Patcheddit became increasingly important as creating standard personal API keys became more restrictive.

The result is a fragmented Reddit client ecosystem.

Some apps continue to operate officially, while many beloved older clients now depend on community patching.

🩹 Android Patching

Legacy Android Reddit apps can often be revived using tools such as Morphe or ReVanced.

Method A is a Personal API Key

The client is patched so that it uses your own Reddit API credentials.

Method B is RedReader Spoofing / Patcheddit

Patcheddit can patch supported clients to use RedReader's Client ID.

RedReader is exempt from Reddit's API pricing restrictions because of its accessibility focus, making this method useful when conventional API-key methods are unavailable.

What to Expect

• Patching requires some technical confidence.
• Installation procedures vary between clients.
• Legacy apps may not support newer Reddit-specific features.
• Features such as Chat and Polls are generally unavailable in older third-party clients.
• Because these methods depend on Reddit and community patches, functionality can change over time.

iOS Is Different

Morphe and ReVanced are Android-focused.

iOS users typically rely on:

• Sideloading: Installing modified .ipa files through tools such as AltStore, SideStore, or Sideloadly.
• TestFlight: Used by newer Reddit clients during development.
• Official API access: Some modern clients operate under Reddit's permitted API model.

Sideloaded apps may require periodic re-signing unless you use a developer certificate.

🤖 Android Clients

🥓 BaconReader

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• Clean & Organized: Familiar, straightforward interface.
• Readable Comments: Color coding makes nested discussions easier to follow.
• Inline Media: Images and GIFs can be viewed directly in the feed.
• Multi-Account Support.

❌ Cons

• Limited Customization: Considerably fewer visual options than Boost or Infinity.
• Dated Interface: Its design reflects an older generation of Android apps.
• No Active Development: No official feature additions or bug fixes.

🚀 Boost for Reddit

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• Excellent Customization: Extensive control over themes, fonts, layouts, and view modes.
• Feature-Rich: Strong filtering, media handling, gestures, and browsing options.
• Theme Community: See /r/BoostThemes.
• Multi-Account & Offline Support.

❌ Cons

• Feature Density: The large number of options can overwhelm new users.
• No Active Development: Requires community patching to bypass current API restrictions.

♾️ Infinity for Reddit+ / Continuum

📷 Infinity Screenshot

⭐ Community Favourite

✅ Pros

• Open Source & Privacy-Focused: Ad-free with a strong open-source foundation.
• Highly Customizable: Extensive themes, fonts, layouts, and viewing options.
• Modern Interface: Smooth design with features such as Lazy Mode for automatic scrolling.
• Active Community: See /r/Infinity_For_Reddit.

❌ Cons

• Occasional Bugs: Updates can occasionally introduce temporary regressions.
• Access Model: Unlimited use requires either a subscription or patching.

🐨 Joey for Reddit

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• Excellent Media Downloader: Particularly strong Reddit video downloading with audio.
• Fast & Minimal: Efficient browsing with automatic hiding of read posts.
• One-Handed Navigation: Bottom controls are easy to reach.
• Theme Community: See /r/JoeyForRedditThemes.

❌ Cons

• Divisive Navigation: The bottom-heavy interface will not appeal to everyone.
• Limited Power Features: Less capable for advanced moderation workflows.
• No Active Development.

📰 Official Reddit Client

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• Complete Reddit Feature Support: Includes Chat, Polls, and other first-party functionality.
• Immediate Feature Rollouts: New Reddit features appear here first.
• Morphe Support: Community patches can remove promoted posts and some feed/UI clutter.

❌ Cons

• Heavy Unpatched Experience: Advertising, recommendations, and tracking can create substantial bloat.
• Higher Resource Usage: Generally heavier than lightweight third-party clients.
• Frequent UI Changes: Reddit regularly alters its interface.

📕 RedReader

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• Truly FOSS: Free, open source, ad-free, and usable without community patches.
• Extremely Lightweight: Fast, battery-friendly, and economical with mobile data.
• Accessibility Focused: Strong screen-reader support.
• API Exemption: Exempt from Reddit's paid API changes because of its accessibility role.
• Useful to Patchers: Its OAuth Client ID is used by Patcheddit-based spoofing methods.

❌ Cons

• Utilitarian Design: Primarily text-focused and visually simpler than most modern clients.
• Basic Media Experience: Functional, but less seamless than media-heavy card interfaces.

🔄 Relay for Reddit

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• Fluid Interface: Smooth, gesture-heavy navigation.
• Excellent Comment Browsing: Quickly move between top-level comments.
• Strong Media Handling: Images and videos integrate cleanly into browsing.
• Comprehensive Moderation Tools.

❌ Cons

• Paid or Patched Access: Requires either an official subscription or community patching.
• Less Customizable: Visual customization is not quite as extensive as Boost or Infinity.

🌈 Reddit is Fun (RiF)

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• Excellent Performance: Fast loading, low memory usage, and strong stability.
• Efficient Interface: Compact layout makes excellent use of screen space.
• Strong Moderation Tools.
• AMOLED Dark Mode & Custom Filtering.

❌ Cons

• Dated Appearance: The interface strongly reflects older Android design.
• Frozen Feature Set: No official development or new functionality.

👻 Stealth

📷 Screenshot

An actively maintained FOSS fork of Sync for Reddit.

✅ Pros

• Sync Foundation: Retains Sync's card views, gestures, and general design philosophy.
• Modern Styling: Includes Material You dynamic color support.
• FOSS & Privacy-Focused: Free from advertising and tracking.

❌ Cons

• Community Fork: Minor bugs may appear that were not present in the original Sync releases.
• Smaller Development Team: Updates depend on a comparatively small community effort.

🔁 Sync for Reddit

📷 Screenshot

Looking for an actively maintained version? See Stealth.

✅ Pros

• Excellent Material Design: One of the most polished interfaces among classic Android Reddit clients.
• Deep Customization: Extensive control over layouts, gestures, colors, and media behavior.
• Strong Media Viewer.

❌ Cons

• Requires Patching: The original client needs modification to function normally.
• No Official Updates: Stealth is the more appropriate choice for continued community maintenance.

🛝 Slide for Reddit

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• Fully Open Source.
• Excellent Tablet Support: Multi-column layouts make good use of larger displays.
• Deep Gesture Controls.

❌ Cons

• Relatively Resource Heavy: May perform poorly on older devices.
• No Active Development: Authentication requires community workarounds.

📱 iOS Clients

🐿️ Acorn for Reddit

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• Native iOS Design: Clean interface with fluid animations and gestures.
• Privacy-Focused: Built without third-party advertising or tracking.
• Strong Media Previewing & Filtering.

❌ Cons

• TestFlight Distribution: Availability can be limited by TestFlight capacity.
• Not Yet a Standard App Store Release.

☄️ Apollo for Reddit — Sideloaded Revival

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• Excellent iOS UX: Restores Apollo's acclaimed interface, gestures, and media handling.
• Feature-Rich: Includes filtering, image uploading, themes, and other mature features.
• Native Apple Design: Built specifically around iOS interaction patterns.

❌ Cons

• Sideloading Required: Installation requires AltStore, SideStore, Sideloadly, or a similar method.
• Periodic Signing: Free Apple accounts generally require apps to be re-signed regularly.
• No Official Developer Support: Continued operation depends on community maintainers.

☕ Winston

📷 Screenshot

✅ Pros

• 100% FOSS: Free, open source, and built without tracking.
• Native Design: Clean and lightweight iOS interface.
• Active Community.

❌ Cons

• TestFlight Distribution: Not yet available as a conventional App Store release.
• Smaller Feature Set: Less extensive than mature clients such as Apollo.

🧭 Final Recommendations

For most users, the decision can be narrowed down quickly:

Android

• Want FOSS + modern customization → Infinity / Continuum
• Want speed + simplicity → RedReader
• Want deep customization → Boost
• Want gestures + excellent comments → Relay
• Want classic Reddit → RiF
• Want Sync, but maintained → Stealth
• Need every Reddit feature → Official Client

iOS

• Want Apollo's experience → Apollo Reborn
• Want FOSS → Winston
• Want modern native design → Acorn

The main question is no longer simply "Which client is best?"

It is:

Do you want an actively supported client that works normally, or are you comfortable patching/sideloading an older client whose interface you prefer?

Once you answer that, the list becomes much easier to narrow down.

🛠️ To-Do

1. Keep Morphe and Patcheddit links current.
2. Monitor TestFlight availability for Acorn and Winston.
3. Update iOS sideloading information as Apple's signing policies change.
4. Periodically verify which legacy Android clients remain functional when patched.
5. Keep screenshots and image links current.
6. Recheck pricing and subscription information when updating the guide.

⭐ Special Thanks

Thank you to honkertonken, quatroph, wispy, Milan, Tomato, jb, Hugo, Icy, and ForestBlade for their ongoing testing and feedback.

Thank you to:

• Icy for the Stealth and RedReader screenshots.
• ForestBlade for the Acorn screenshot.
• ktankbye for the Apollo screenshot.
• jb for the Winston screenshot.
• wchill for the Patcheddit patches.

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